• New U.S. National Terrorism Advisory System [NTAS] to more effectively communicate information about terrorist threats to the American public (replacing the U.S. “National Threat Advisory“ scheme). [http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1296158119383.shtm];

• State of America’s Homeland Security Address given by the Secretary of Homeland Security at George Washington University [http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/speeches/sp_1296152572413.shtm];

• U.S. National Counterterrorism Centre (NCTC), the interactive Counterterrorism Calendar for 2011 and 2009 Report on Terrorism. [http://www.nctc.gov/site/index.html] and [http://www.nctc.gov/witsbanner/docs/2009_report_on_terrorism.pdf];

• RAND Corporation testimony entitled “The al Qaeda inspired Terrorist Threat – An appreciation of the current situation” before the Canadian Senate on the al Queda inspired terrorist threat. [http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/testimonies/2010/RAND_CT353.pdf]; and

• A Fox News report on Jihadists promoting theft to fund the “war on the West”. [http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/01/17/jihadists-encourage-theft-finance-war-west/#].

The RAND Corporation report on the current situation with al Qaeda included the following comments:

“Ultimately, the effects of terrorism are primarily psychological. Perceptions count more than statistics…..”; “The greatest long-term threat to al Qaeda is irrelevance…”; and, “Nonetheless, al Qaeda will continue to be a tenacious and resilient foe. Its campaign, now in its third decade, will almost certainly go on. Successfully countering it must be viewed as a long-term effort, a very long-term effort—not a finite war with a clear beginning and end, or a permanent war without end, but not the peace we would all prefer”.

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